Christmas 2009

Where do we start - so many things to share on the blog.

December 23, 2009 - Logan is now "6"

Logan's week long present extravaganza began early with his birthday - the joys of a Christmas birthday. We celebrated with Shawn's mom, Jason and Matt. The boys had a great time playing with Jason and Matt. Star Wars was the theme as he got: a new Lego Star Wars watch, a stuffed Yoda, Star Wars Lego's, and Mario Wii.

December 23 was also the first day of a 3-day snow storm that kept us in the cities till December 26. Officially the news said Lakeville got 14.5 inches, but per the snowbanks on our driveway, Sara and I think we got about 16-20 inches. The pile was about 2 feet over our mailbox! It was a great snowstorm as the temps remained warm so we could play outside and build forts!

December 24
We celebrated Christmas Eve services at Hosanna! keeping our annual tradition of volunteering at a couple of the afternoon services. Logan loves handing out bulletins and ushering. The second service had over 4000 people....and that was only 1 of 6 services! They had a live manger on stage with 2 camels, 1 sheep, 1 cow, several ducks and chickens and some other hairy creatures. The kids loved it! I am sure they will have some pics on their website soon:

www.hosannalc.org/about/snapshots.html

We spent the evening with Shawn's mom opening gifts and having our traditional holiday Turkey. Here are some fun pics of the kids opening gifts. Favorite gifts of 2009:

Logan - Nintendo DS

Carter - Wiggles videos

We ventured up to Duluth on December 26th and 27th for the Mattson family Christmas. The boys loved playing with their cousins. Logan stayed an extra day with the Ball family and grandma/grandpa. It seems so quiet just to have 1 child!!!

Santa Visit

Here are a few pictures of the boys visit to Santa - Carter doesn't have the best smile....but what can you expect from a little boy with pneumonia. Yes, that is correct - Carter is sick again! He has been coughing like an eighty year old man all week so we thought we would bring him in. The x-ray showed a small case of pneumonia. FUN! In the past 4 weeks, our house has had:

(1) case of hand, foot mouth

(2) cases of strep

(1) case of pneumonia

I think I hear the CDC doing a drive-by in our neighborhood now.

2 more days of school and 3 more days of work till vacation! Looking forward to spending lots of time as a family skiing, skating, watching movies, wrestling, and eating till our tummies pop!

Other BIG NEWS in our house this week - yesterday Logan went down the biggest hill at Buck Hill and did great! Shawn gave him a little warning, "if you don't turn and bomb this hill we are going straight home." Yes, it was an empty threat, but most likely saved his life. He listened very well and turned back and forth all the way down. Upon celebrating with his happy dance, he said he wanted to go back to the green and blue runs so he didn't have to turn. Go figure.

Videos From Santa

Gone are the old-fashioned days of writing snail mail letters to Santa and never knowing if the mail got lost in a North Pole Blizzard. With the amazing invention of the internet, now your kids can know that Santa received their letter when he responds with a personalized video back to them.

Logan's Video From Santa:
http://portablenorthpole.tv/watch/abb6a4dceda6c78c062f8b2a3a416bde

Carter's Video From Santa:
http://portablenorthpole.tv/watch/79cddb8abc7a551fa5e9e0dfe04db53c

Granted Logan and Carter are still young, but they both were mezmorized watching these video messages from Santa. I highly encourage all parents to "connect" with Santa.

If the links do not work, cut and paste them in your browser and they should be good to go.

Electronic Snowflakes From Our House To Yours

One of our friends sent this fun, interactive website to make snowflakes.

http://www.popularfront.com/snowdays/

Logan's snowflakes: 8961670 & 8961740
Carter's snowflake: 8961787

Just type in their number under the "find-a-flake" tab.

The Advent Conspiracy

Christmas Can [Still] Change the World!

The story of Christ's birth is a story of promise, hope, and a revolutionary love. So, what happened? What was once a time to celebrate the birth of a savior has somehow turned into a season of stress, traffic jams, and shopping lists. And when it's all over, many of us are left with presents to return, looming debt that will take months to pay off, and this empty feeling of missed purpose. Is this what we really want out of Christmas? What if Christmas became a world-changing event again? Welcome to Advent Conspiracy.

http://www.adventconspiracy.org/

Hosanna! has been focusing on saying no to the materialism monster this Christmas season. We have been asking the question, "do you remember the gifts you received last year?" Most of us cannot - we just keeping feeding the monster year after year. Instead, this year focus on "becoming the manger" and giving the gift of hope, relationships and faith to those around you.

Merry Christmas!

Enter The Story

Logan's 6th Birthday Party

Logan celebrated his 6th birthday party yesterday with 12 of his friends at Chuck-E-Cheese. This was his second year having his party here and what a difference between 5 and 6. Last year the kids all needed their parents to stay with them and this year they were independent little boys and girls. It is such a blessing when you can say, "go wash your hands before pizza," and they all run to the bathroom and do their thing without any help. The kids were very well behaved and Logan had a blast.

In the afternoon Shawn and Logan went skiing at Buck Hill again and Logan went up the main chairlift and down the blue freestyle run. Today, Sara and Logan are going skiing and hopefully Sara will come back without a cast on her leg. It has been 9 years since she last skied! Logan has the stopping/snow plowing down and can turn when he wants - but of course he would rather "bomb" the hill and stop 2 inches before he hits someone or something....he has the need for speed! We are going to put him in a "mini ski team" for a couple of weeks. Figure they will help him with his turns and another great opportunity to meet friends with similar interests. Every night he wants to go skiing.

Everyone is healthy and we are getting ready for Christmas. Only 8 more days of work in 2009 and NO TRAVEL for Shawn for 4 weeks! Have to laugh, this week Shawn flew to Denver on Wednesday when all the schools were closed due to the weather and his flight was on time, but when it is sunny and 60 his flights are 3 hours late - oh the joys!

Mice, Mice and More Mice

Some may argue that Lakeville is farm country, but with 40,000 residents we thought we were moving to the burbs. Our little critters are starting to make us think otherwise.

The count is now over 10 mice (caught and executed)! Needless to say, the EXTERMINATOR is coming next week to hopefully resolve the matter once and for all. Even my vegetarian wife is starting to lose her love of "all" animals.

On a positive note, the mice have provided excitement for Carter who keeps saying "BIG MOUSE!"

The Quiet Blog

The Mayfield Family Blog has been silent the past 2 weeks as we all have been battling and recovering from various ailments. Carter started the fun with "hand, foot, mouth." The poor little guy suffered for 2 weeks until he finally returned to his normal self. Logan and Sara both were diagnosed with strep throat and were out of work/school for a couple of days each. And Shawn got a virus giving him a fever and sore throat. We became good friends with our local pharmacy. Finally everyone is healthy and happy again!

Fun events in our house since our last post:

1. SKIING! The weather has finally gotten cold enough for Buck Hill to open and Logan and Shawn have been out carving up the white stuff. Logan is in heaven on the ski hill and has no fear.
2. Birthday Party Season: Starting yesterday, Logan has a birthday party the next (3) Saturdays. Thanks to the Wii, bowling is also a new passion - maybe we should get him a bowling shirt for Christmas. His party yesterday was at the bowling alley and he was so excited b/c he got (3) spares. Next weekend is his "friends" party at Chuck-E-Cheese. We have (11) little people joining us for a crazy morning.
3. School Holiday Party: Logan had his "Parent Involvement Day/Holiday Party" at school on Friday. The kids sang (5) songs then made Christmas ornaments, decorated Santa cookies, and made a count-down calendar to Christmas. I am so happy he has a Christian teacher who keeps Christmas in the Holidays.
4. Potty training - Carter has been wearing underwear on the weekends and has been accident free. Day care is very strict and will not take them to the potty unless the respond "yes" when asked if they need to go. As a result, we have been waiting to the Christmas break to go 100% to underwear. Yes I know this probably goes against all parenting models but it seems to be working.
5. Christmas - the boys love looking at Christmas lights at night and are counting the days. Carter saw Santa at the zoo yesterday and was scared - maybe he will sit on his lap if Logan joins him.

Christmas Lists:
Logan:
1. Anything Wii related
2. Ski poles and goggles with an orange tint
3. Games (Surprise, Battleship, Bop It, Rainbow Fish)
4. Viking hat or jersey (don't ask)
5. Math books (K or 1st Grade)

Carter:
1. Anything Matchbox cars
2. Anything GeoTrax
3. Remote control car race track
4. Sticker book (Super Heros, Thomas, Dora, Scooby Doo)

Carter Update

reminder...Carter is our easy-going, mellow child who rarely gets fussy unless his brother is picking on him

Saturday and Sunday night were a disaster with the poor little guy sleeping no more than 2 hours at a stretch. On Saturday all he would eat was ice cream. By Sunday he stopped eating anything and would only drink a couple sips of water. He kept saying his mouth hurt and "big sores in my mouth mommy."

Monday morning Sara brought him to his pediatrician who prescribed codeine - the magic drug! We remember when Logan had his tonsils and adenoids out the codeine would mask all the pain almost instantly. After crying hysterically from 9:30am-11:15am (all the way to the dr, during the dr appt, and while waiting for the prescription at Target), we finally got the codeine into his system and he came home and ate a donut. The magic drug! Last night he went to bed at 8:15pm and only woke up once at 4am when the medicine wore off. He is still sleeping now at 7am. Thank you God!

To add more stress during all of this, Carter's last nuk collapsed. Sara thought, "well he can't be any more fussy than he already is" - so time to transition off it. It appears to be going well per last night. He only used it to sleep anyway so I don't think he really needs it. Everyone else is healthy and looking forward to a long weekend. Shawn and Sara are both working 1/2 days today to cover Carter, tomorrow Shawn is off with the boys and then Sara is off with the boys on Friday and Shawn will work from Duluth (assuming we are still able to go).

More to come....

Sleepless in Minnesota

Poor Carter. The little guy woke up with a fever on Friday and was fussy. By the afternoon he was crying non-stop and said his ear hurt. We took him to the clinic for an ear infection exam; no ear infection. They were then going to test for strep. When they looked in his throat they quickly said "hand, foot, mouth." We were surprised as he has had it before and we thought you could only get it once, but I guess not. This case is much more severe as he has bumps and blisters on his hands and butt and his poor little mouth is full of big sores. Yesterday all he ate was ice cream and apple juice. He hasn't slept for more than 2 hours at a stretch for 2 days without waking up. He is a mess...and so are mom and dad! He also has a fever of about 101. We was crying last night and said to Sara, "mommy, my mouth hurts." Luckily we are off Wednesday-Friday this week for Thanksgiving....he definitely won't be going to school Monday or Tuesday as well..time to juggle schedules.

Logan has a little cold but is doing great. It was the 50th day of school on Friday so all the kids dressed up in their 50's garb. The boys looked "tough" in their white tee-shirts and blue jeans and the girls were adorable in their pink poodle skirts. Shawn volunteered in the am and the kids had fun counting to 50 in different arrangements, having a bubble gum blowing contest, eating coke floats, going to a sock-hop and playing with hula hoops.

Yes - we also went "crazy" this weekend and put up our Christmas tree before Thanksgiving. Time to live dangerously! Figure if we are going to go through all the work we mind as well enjoy it. Have to admit, we are on top of it this year with tons of outdoor lights and the tree up....we have even purchased all of our presents for the 3 kids we adopted through church and a couple each for the boys. Next on the list - Christmas letter writing!

A Weekend of “Firsts”

This weekend we experienced many “firsts” in our house:

1. Carter: He decided he wanted to wear underwear on Saturday. At 2 ½ we were a little apprehensive, but he only had one accident all weekend. Of course we put him on the “potty” every 2 hours or so. He was even dry during his nap on Saturday. Unfortunately the philosophy of our day care is that they will not put the child on the “potty” unless they respond “yes” when they are asked, “do you need to go to the bathroom?” In short, they need to learn how to manage the urge. We figure we will start working with him and see where it goes. I think Logan was a little less than 3 when he figured out the whole thing.

2. Logan: Went to his first concert, “The Trans Siberian Orchestra”, on Saturday with Shawn and Grandma Closer at the Target Center. This has become an annual Christmas tradition in our house and Logan really wanted to go. He sat for the entire 3 hours and loved it – he got a little scared when the pyrotechniques were right in front of us. If you have never been to their concert, here is a quick preview…the light show is unbelievable!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR3CKEC3lbs

3. Christmas Lights & 50 Degrees! Shawn broke down and decorated the outside of the house for Christmas yesterday. I think this is the first time we have done this without a jacket, hat, or mittens. As a result of the warm weather, I think people are really getting into the season this year as lights are being put up all over Lakeville. We decorated the house with 6 reindeer, several multi-colored bush nets, as well as some snowflakes above the main door and a string of red lights over the garage – not to mention covering the apple blossom tree with some lights. We don’t even want to think about taking everything down in January when it is -20 degrees! Maybe we will put up the Christmas tree this weekend :-)

Outside of that, just another week. Shawn is off to Philadelphia for 3 days this week. Our last parenting course is tonight, and we are in the midst of planning for Logan’s b’day party – he wants to invite 12-18 kids (the exact list changes daily). Next week we are both only working 3 days - it will be nice to have a break!

Logan’s 1st Kindergarten Parent/Teacher Conference

The million dollar question – does Logan have “the brains” to get a full-ride scholarship to Harvard? Maybe Sara and I are too relaxed on education, but our perspective is that Kindergarten provides a foundation (both academically and socially)…not a place to get to stressed out about achievement scores. We definitely are very active volunteering in his school and working on homework, but I am not going to be a “helicopter parent” if my 5-year old missed one sound on the alphabet chart.

Summary:
-Logan is doing great!
-Math appears to be his strength. He can count to 109 and can handle most single number addition; starting to work on subtraction.
-He is starting word recognition and can read some simple lines.
-He can tell time on a regular clock (some minor errors).
-He knows all his letters. He missed (4) letter sounds: W,N, and some others. That placed him with an achievement score of 88. Unfortunately, this was one of the lower scores in his class. His teacher was very quick to point out that his class is not a good comparison. If you look at the scores in the other Kindergarten classes you would see scores in the 20-30s.
-Socially he is very polite and happy. His area of opportunity is to talk less and focus on his work….not a surprise to mom and dad! Logan definitely likes to talk! Since he talks so much he often rushes to finish projects and doesn’t focus on quality. We need to help him understand that not everything is a race or competition.
-His teacher commented that his class is the most polite class she has had in her teaching career. She says it is great as kids who may normally act out don’t since all the others are well-behaved.

In short, thinking back to when Logan was below the 3 percentile for speech clarity he has come a tremendous way! It will be fun to watch as the school year progresses. We are just excited that he is making new friends and loves to go – every morning he watches the clock and runs to the bus.

Only in Minnesota

One month ago (October 11) we came home from Switzerland and Austria and built a 4 ft snowman in our front yard. This weekend Shawn and Logan spent Saturday morning playing 9 holes of golf and wearing shorts. Carter and mom enjoyed the morning exploring the zoo trails. Crazy weather - but no complaining.

We enjoyed the beautiful weekend playing golf, going for bike rides to the park (it is fun having a child old enough that he can now ride his bike as far as mom and dad can run), mowing the yard and raking the leaves, and going swimming at the health club.

It did appear a little odd to go buy new ski jackets and pants Sunday afternoon. Typically Buck Hill opens a couple runs Thanksgiving weekend and Logan is counting the days to get his season pass out and hit the hill.

Rodent central

In the words of Carter, "BIG MOUSE!"

Fall must be here because our annual little rodent friends have once again decided to make their winter residence in our walls. So far this week we have caught (4) mice and based on the smell in our laundry room there appears to be at least one more decomposing in our walls (this is an annual smell we have learned to recognize that thankfully only lasts about 10 days).

Yes - we have a cat...but at 15 years of age poor Norman doesn't have the dexterity to catch them.

All I can say to our little friends is that if you keep inviting your little hairy friends over, be prepared for the "TRAP."

Frankenstein visits our house

Below are some pics of Logan and Shawn's Frankenstein Rice Krispy treats.

Halloween was another week long event in Lakeville. Friday started off with parties at both of the boys schools. Sara volunteered in Logan's class and he had a great time making crafts, eating spooky snacks and going on a Halloween parade to the "big kids wing" of the school. Post from Logan - making my spider and playing Bingo was FUN! Carter had his annual daycare party - for some reason Darlys and Marlys thought Logan needed a bag as well as he is still officially part of the school.

Friday night we went to a local churches Halloween party. They had hundreds of kids and tons of prizes. The boys grabbed another bag full of candy, stuffed animals and gift cards. They loved the music and games - Logan was a little scared of the Satan skit.

Saturday was the annual trick or treat extravaganza up our street. Logan and Ewen joined 2 of the older girls and got even more candy - thankfully Carter pooped out about half way up the hill.

In short, I think we got 5 bags of candy for each of the boys. Luckily Hosanna is doing a candy offering in HALO this week to collect candy for the local food shelf....I think a lot of our candy will magically disappear this week :-)

Post from Logan: this week in school I counted to 59. I am also starting to learn to read. I know how to spell: red, the, see, a, I, apples, and some more words. I can also do math: 2+3=5! I don't know how to add a hundred plus hundred. Dad also taught me how to read prices in the store. For example: $9.99 equals 9 dollars and 99 cents....dad loves me walking through Target reading all the prices for him.

Pre-Halloween...Star Wars Adventure

Now that the family is healthy and soccer season is over, our entire Saturday was free for adventure. One of our friends shared that the Ridgedale Library was hosting a Star Wars adventure day so Shawn and Logan made the 40 minute journey with his buddy Ewen. The kids were not disappointed as there were several Star Wars figures including: Darth Vader, a couple Storm Troopers, the Emperor, some Sand Type guy, and several other figures that adult Star Wars junkies would recognize. The kids participated in several Jedi exercises and won losts of prizes. Logan continued his lucky sweep and won the first raffle prize - he choose a Melanium Falcon kite. Here are some pics.

The little Jedi's on their way to a galaxy far, far, away.

While we were at the Star Wars adventure, Sara took Carter to his FAVORITE location - the Zoo. It was "zoo boo" day so Carter filled up on more candy - then they had to get even more candy at Cub during their zoo day. Think we should enroll in supplemental dental care for all those cavities in a couple of years.

Morning donuts.....Carter likes to wear his!

In case you haven't figured it out, Logan is a Jedi (Anikan) and Carter is Bob the Builder for Halloween this year.

On the mend.

Quick update. Logan went back to school yesterday and appears to be normal. We kept him home on Monday even though his fever was gone Sunday night. I guess 5 out of the 22 kids in his class were out sick Monday and 6 of the 22 (27%) were out yesterday. The BUG is definitely alive and well in the Lakeville schools. Knock on wood - Carter is healthy as a clam.

The dreaded mid-day phone call....

Well - we knew the call would come sooner or later. On Friday around 11:30am we received the call from daycare to come pick up Logan as he had just "lost his cookies" (pc way of saying vomited) all over the floor. There was no Kindergarten on Thursday or Friday due to MEA so we invested $29 in daycare for the day Friday....Logan had been talking for weeks about seeing his day-care friends again; and I guess he got to spend 3 hours with them.

He woke up with a little cough but we thought nothing of it. Daycare said his nose started to run about 9:30am and by 11am he was crying, saying his head hurt and was running a fever. Luckily Shawn works from home on Fridays so he was able to get him before round 2 came - all over the couch and family room floor. Did I mention his bucket was at his feet. At least he made it to the bathroom for rounds 3-7; and some additional rounds (we lost count) later that night with Sara.

By Saturday morning he was doing much better, and by Sunday he was wrestling with Carter and eating anything. However he is still running a 101 fever so no school tomorrow. With all the illness' going around I understand why they need to stay home with any fever, but at the same time you just shake your head when they are wrestling, eating pizza, playing soccer and dancing around the house. Logan had a flu shoot several weeks ago for the regular flu so more than likely this is some of the other junk going around - hopefully this will be his case and the rest of the winter will be smooth sailing.

Knock on wood - Carter and the rest of the family are all healthy!

Pictures from our adventure....

Vienna, Austria:

Salzburg, Austria:

Zurich, Switzerland:

We're Home - Welcome to "4 Letter" Words

Sara and I arrived back from Europe yesterday afternoon - it is great to be home! We had an amazing time in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria (Salzburg and Vienna). Not sure how to capture 8 kid-free days in a quick blog update - I will share some highlights here and then add another post with pics only.

"4 Letter Words"
1. SNOW! In Vienna we enjoyed records temps near 90 - landing in MSP we were warmly welcomed home with snow! I guess Logan's soccer team enjoyed their Sat game during the snow - we have his final game tonight and there is still a couple inches on the ground.

2. "SUCK!" Logan ran to Dad from the bus yesterday. When Shawn asked why he wore his snow pants home he responded..."the teacher told me to, it sucks!" Let's just say if it wasn't our first time seeing him since we returned, his little tush would have gone straight to the time out chair. Per "grandma closer" he must have picked it up on the bus as they were chanting "Vikings are awesome, Packers suck." Great - the bus education begins!

3. "Zone" - or time zones. Sara and I are getting older as it was more difficult adjusting to the 7 hour time zone difference than we thought. We slept about 11 hours per night in Europe - this morning we woke up at 3:30am ready to go.

Synopsis of our trip:
Flights - very smooth. Shawn's elite status got us exit row seats both ways

Switzerland (Zurich). Enjoyed a beautiful hotel looking out over the city. Did a ferry tour of the lake. Walked around looking at a ton of churches. Enjoyed Zurich style wiener schnitzel and beer.

Train from Zurich to Salzburg. Probably the best part of the trip. Amazing 6 hours traveling through the Alps. Pictures can's capture the majesty of the mountains and glacier lakes!

Salzburg. Toured Aldstadt, Schloss Mirabell, drank more beer and ate more Wiener Schnitzel, toured Festung Hohen Salzburg and a bunch of churches. Took a day trip to Germany and visited the Salt Mines and Hitler's Eagle Nest.

Train from Salzburg to Vienna.

Vienna. Shawn enjoyed touring his old college stomping grounds. Visited tons of things: KartnerStrasse, St. Stephans Dom, numerous churches, FlohMarkt, NaschMarkt, Schloss Schunbrunn, Schloss Belveder, enjoyed drinking Sturm and Beer. We went to mass at St Stephans Dom on Sunday. The service included a local orchestra and the sound was beautiful in the huge cathedral. We also enjoyed an organ concert at St Karl's Church.

In short everything went great and we enjoyed the time together. Thank you soooo MUCH to grandma closer and grandma far-far for partnering in their kid duties. They told us they had a blast with both of you - and according to your diary they didn't even miss us. Guess we will not have to wait another 6 years before our next solo journey.

Back in the swing of things....

We have slowly found our routine again with the start of a new school year. Although the routine is a little crazy with various activities/commitments and business travel, everyone is doing well. Quick synopsis of events in the Mayfield casa since our last post.

Logan: Is still really enjoying Kindergarten. We have been blessed with no separation anxiety and minimal evening meltdowns resulting from being over-tired. He is meeting some new friends and loving the bus, recess and lunch. Last Friday Shawn volunteered for a couple of hours in the am, and Logan wanted to ride the bus instead of drive to school with dad. Oh well. Volunteering was a great experience. It was fun to watch Logan interact with the other kids and see how his teacher directs the class. I was amazed at her organization! From 9:30-11:30am they went from one project to the next. During reading/spelling, they were following nursery rhymes on the projector doing a letter/word recognition exercise. If the kids went ahead of the group she would walk over and tear up their paper and tell them their is no cheating in class. YIKES! Logan is memorizing his nursery rhymes for their program next Friday. Logan's soccer team also won their first game this weekend (5-4). In the words of a 5-year old..."we are no longer losers!"

Carter: Still loves to watch the "wiggles" and go to the zoo. This weekend we let Carter pick our Sunday activity and he said, "go see animals." Carter has adjusted to daycare well without his brother. He loves reading books and playing matchbox cars in the basement. He likes to line them all up in a line. Carter and Logan are starting to be "older brothers" pushing each others nerves and wrestling. In short, Carter won't let his big brother push him around. Yesterday Carter was laying on the coach and Logan tried to sit next to him - Carter pushed him right off the coach.

Shawn and Sara: Still remaining sane between work and raising 2 busy boys. Shawn is coaching soccer on Mondays/Saturdays and we are splitting Logan's HALO (Sunday School) small group on Wednesdays. Shawn is also taking an HR certification prep course on Thursdays; not to mention traveling most weeks. Yes, exhausting! But we are excited for vacation - Switzerland and Austria here we come. The boys are counting the days to grandma(s) time. They are pushing us out the door :-)

Hopefully everyone will remain healthy. For those out-of-towners who read our blog. One of the elementary schools in Lakeville had 30% (over 170 students) of their students out with the flu last week. It is not Logan's school, but close to daycare. Logan's school has some strict rules to avoid germs spreading (i.e. no drinking fountains).

Have a great week!

1st Week of Kindergarten

Logan is doing really well. Meeting new friends and having more fun each day. Yesterday, Logan and Madison (former neighbor) received the Awesome Possum award for being the best sleepers during nap time.

Here are some pics from the first week.

Logan and Madison:

Logan and Iliad on the 1st day at the bus stop.


Neighborhood kids waiting for the bus on the 1st day.

Logan's locker.